If you're someone like me that doesn't bullet journal, how do you keep track of ur daily tasks? Let me know! :D p.s: I didn’t think I would have to reiterate this, but please don’t think I’m bashing on bullet journaling! It’s honestly such a great hobby and I personally still watch a lot of bullet journal videos cuz they’re so interesting! This video was made as a reminder to anyone that might feel overwhelmed with maintaining one, or may just not vibe with it as much as they thought they would! Thats simply all! Thank u for watching!💕 love y’all

I started bullet journaling because everybody was doing it but I just realised that I can't even complete my daily to do list

That’s why I like art bullet journaling i don’t use my journal as an agenda or whatever I use it to make creative fun spreads about my life or things that i like (i.e: movies, shows, music)

people end up spending more time decorating their bujos than actually acomplishing their tasks lmao

the irony is that the people who have busy lives, need to plan but don't have time to. whereas, the people who have more free time, want to plan but don't have anything to plan.

I hate bullet journaling because my life is so boring I don't have anything to write down 😅 I think that having a super beautiful aesthetic journal is quite unrealistic and impratical wich ends up killing the purpose of having a bullet journal in the first place.

I have an extremely minimal bullet journal. It's basically just lists: daily to dos, ideas, little projects. No spreads, no illustrations, no trackers.

I just want to point out that the original creator of the bullet journal system, Ryder, never used doodles or habit trackers or full on water color paintings. It was just a place to write down tasks that need to be done in a way that helps you not forget. Don’t feel like you NEED to decorate a bullet journal or keep track of how many times you floss if it’s not something that works for you. I’d recommend checking out the original video explaining how the system works. In that video, it’s strictly hand written notes, no doodles or anything. However, in the end, it’s your choice if you want to bullet journal or not. There’s no pressure to do anything you don’t want to do or if it doesn’t work for you. I just feel like the bullet journal community has gotten so obsessed with decorations and sketching that the original purpose has been lost.

“Why I hate bullet journaling” videos are always more about “why I hate ART bullet journaling”. Give yourself permission to have the worlds ugliest bullet journal, and you might find that the system is amazing.

Why do people think that the bullet journal method should be cute? Oh my God, PLEASE WATCH RYDER CARROLL'S VIDEOS. He is the creator of the bullet journal method and the bullet journal is designed to be AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

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The original creator explained very clearly that your bullet journal can be ANYTHING : a diary , scketchbook , planner , study notes etc. The biggest mistake in having a bullet journal is to feel pressured to doodle or paint or use washi tape , stickers and making it perfect while the point is making it FUNCTIONAL - what works for you. You're not creating or desinging your bullet journal for the instagram or pinterest or another human being but you! Plan what / how / when you feel to and what you need. If you want insta bujo and that works for you then it's fine , if you want minimal planning that's fine as well , the major point is that both of these options ARE a bullet journal ! Don't feel like you need a cute planner! Don't feel like you need tha fanciest notebook , pens and markers! Don't feel like you're making it for a stupid picture! Don't feel like others have to like it! It is your time , your life , your personality on the paper and your freacking business! You do what works for you , but that doesn't mean an artistic or aestetic spread or painting in your journal makes it anything but a bullet journal! Same with the plain version! It's your choice and the way you plan is unique because you are unique and your bujo is beautiful so are you!💚

I think it's important to remember, too, that the people that post their bullet journal spreads to hundreds of thousands of subscribers on youtube are... literally just doing their job. They're doing it for their living, and they get to carve out a big chunk of time to do it because they're making subsistence-level wages off of it. You not having the time/energy to bullet journal isn't your fault, it's the nature of your living situation (and also the fetishization of productivity that is an inherent factor of late-stage capitalism... but we won't get into that).

That shows perfectly how people are influenced by social media

I don’t like the pressure of not making a mistake in a book I can’t rip the pages out of. I would try to make it so pretty and neat and the time it took me to do it took forever. I never ended up using them for anything with the fear of making it look ugly. Once I got my iPad, I started digital planning (I use Goodnotes). So much better for me. No pressure, easy for me to duplicate spreads and import templates and planners from Etsy, and I can ERASE and delete stuff.

I made my bullet journal a mix of a regular journal, agenda, and art journal, so it’s both artsy and practical :)

Ryder Caroll didn’t crack open a journal for any of this, lol.

Y’know, the thing that’s frustrating to me is the fact that it feels like the whole bullet journaling community has become so focused around aesthetic that they’ve forgotten what the whole point of a bullet journal *is*. If people want to do artsy stuff, that’s fine! But it has lead to anyone new to bullet journaling feeling pressure to perform, when instead it’s simply meant to be a tool to help you organize your thoughts. I have ADHD. Regular planners don’t *work* for me. They’re too restricting, and they never have what I need. I have to write down *everything* because if I don’t, I’ll forget, or it simply won’t get done because of failed to turn a fleeting thought into something concrete enough for me to actually do something with. Planners simply don’t have enough space to hold all of those notes-when I used one in the past, the margins were so full of random notes that it was nearly impossible to get any use out of those notes at all. If I use a separate notebook for these notes, a consistent system becomes harder to maintain because my attention is split and things often fall through the cracks. With a bullet journal, I don’t have those problems, because I can design it to suit my needs, and make notes anywhere I please in no particular order, because I have an index to refer to if I need to remember where I wrote down that grocery list from last week. There isn’t really a point to this. It’s just frustrating that something that was designed by a person with ADHD to work with *his* brain has become a trend based around aesthetics that has lead many ADHDers, myself included, away from the core guiding principles of the bullet journal and away from a tool that could turn out to be invaluable for organizing their messy thoughts because the fluff and details made it impractical to use on a day-to-day basis as soon as they lost interest in it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with decorating your bullet journal, but I wish there was more information out there that actually focused on practical usage rather than aesthetics, because it prevents a lot of people from getting any use out of it in the first place. In any case, a bullet journal isn’t for everyone. But I would argue that if it doesn’t work for you, than it wasn’t meant for you. But I think a lot of times people’s issues with bullet journals stem from issues with the aesthetic-based culture surrounding it rather than any issue with the system itself, which is an important distinction not a lot of people make. (PS, if you don’t want people to think you’re bashing bullet journaling, titling your video “why i hate bullet journaling.” probably isn’t doing you any favors ;p )

Bu Jo is for productivity. When someone spend tons of hours decorating it then finally is so tired and have no time for all those tasks. Just a thought.

I bought a very expensive journal, got pens, and highlighters. I force myself to do this because i knew I was wasteful and spent way above my budget to make it somewhat decent. Seeing this make me realize that I’m not the only one that got in this trap. Instead of helping me with anxiety, it just makes me angry and anxious because of the unrealistic expectations.

personally i use my bujo for cute art things and quotes. if you go to r/bujo, most people post their minimal bullet journal spreads and it's still really popular. i do think bujournalling has become more like art and decor rather than getting your life in check.

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I loved hearing about your experiences with the bullet journaling system! It was very insightful and I was so surprised to see my video there haha. I completely relate to your sentiment towards bullet journaling. In fact I completely stopped using one last year because I just didn’t feel like it anymore. That’s why it was so important for me this time around to get the message across that I’m doing bullet journaling for me and not for Pinterest or social media. This time my spreads are actually functional and serve a purpose for me. I feel like a lot of people forget about the functionality aspect of a bullet journal, focusing more on the aesthetic aspect of it.

I tried bullet journaling once... But, the pages couldn’t withstand having so many holes in them...

I agree with you. After a while bullet journaling became overwhelming for me. Then I stopped and used different planners. Now I use simple weekly planner, it is way useful for me.

I feel like so many people dont understand that bullet journaling isn't meant to just be aesthetically pleasing and to be a to do list. I started doing it because I'm not great at just straight up drawing, but bullet journaling is helping me get better at drawing and whatnot, while also motivating me to do things that I wouldn't have done regularly before. It's a great way to track things like your mental health, and physical health, etc. Anyways, have a good day :)

Hated bullet journaling until I stopped trying to make it pretty

Personally, I've been bullet journalling for 3 years now and have found it to be the best for my current lifestyle, as it allows me to plan my busy school schedule but also lets me enjoy being creative, which is therapeutic to me. I do, however, definitely agree that to beginners the "expectations" are pretty daunting, and so it does take some time to develop what works for you.

I got a bullet journal because of instagram/KZfaq and all the hype that was going on but after a while it was just stressing me out soooo much!! I wanted it to look pretty but also felt uninspired... I wanted it to be an efficient way to plan my months but it turned out to be another thing on my to-do list... I still have my bujo but I use it to write down my goals now😅 and maybe a monthly overview🤷🏼‍♀️ but i just ditched the weekly spreads completely 😂😂

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I also got hooked on all the aesthetically pleasing bullet journal spreads on social media and started one myself. I quickly learned that doing the "traditional" bullet journal set up was not going to work for me. Things I didn't really care for (ie, a habit tracker) were so deeply integrated but other things that were my top priority were difficult to integrate into the existing set up. I started using my journal the way I see fit and realized, I DONT HAVE TO CONFORM TO ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE IS DOING lol it is MY journal and i will use it how i please 😤 haha

i hate bullet journaling because i’m *lazy* because i try to make it fun and color it but it just feels boring. I feel pressured to write when i decorate it. That’s why simply writing my thoughts down with no decoration helps me.

Never related so much before. I've always thought of starting a bullet journal, but I knew I would never be able to keep it up. Being busy, and not really a good artist😅, I simply stuck to simple planners. They work great anyways in what I need to get done

Welp I've been trying bullet journaling for years but never really got into it. Until I saw an anime journal and never in my entire life thought of that and I quite like it because it's mostly about shows, character bios, quotes and tropes. It kind of made me realize that bullet journaling isn't always about plans, wishes or to do lists XD

My “bullet journal” is super weird and I accepted that. I write appointments, due dates etc so I can take them out of my brain clutter. But also I use it to journal, brain dump, write at school when I dont have any notebooks around, doodle, draw. My spreads can be pretty, or chaotic (most of them...). It is a frankenstein of profuctivity and mindfullness

I use a bullet journal every day, and am now on my third year. I have never decorated a page or used washi tape or anything. I just draw out squares for things and the main thing is filling the squares in. I think people need to remember that any decoration is entirely at your discretion and is not necessary for the process to work.

I love bullet journaling but *only in my own way.* I have never been able to find a type of agenda or planner that works for me, so when I discovered this new method, it literally opened my eyes. *I perfectly understand the pressure of having to keep precise and artistic,* I also went there at the beginning, but then I realized *I only needed it to be practical!* I love this method because I can change the spreads whenever I want, (I don't do all of it at once, but month after month) and experiment with new things. I have room for all the trackers and lists that I want and *I draw them with an absurd simplicity* , so it doesn't take me more than a few minutes. Like everything, bullet journaling isn't for everyone and that's alright! The most important thing is that our organization method is helpful and not stressful!

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This was exactly what I went through when I started bullet journaling a few years ago. It was legit fun decorating it at first but I ended up not finishing my spreads so I stopped. Then there'll come a time I'd get the feeling to start a new journal again because I didn't want the look of the last one anymore, either so messy or not 'aesthetic' enough. I wasted a lot of notebooks. Then I realized why not just go back to using a ready made planner, and I did and it made my life a whole lot easier. I'm really amazed at people who can do their journal spreads everyday or month. Well, I guess I'm just too lazy to make these spreads all the time.

I love bullet journaling, but it's just so interesting to hear the opinion of someone who doesn't like bullet journaling. Love you by the way!

This video really helped me! This is my third year bullet journaling and my spreads are hOrRIblE I mean, sometimes they look cute, but at the end the point is to organize your life and have an argument to use your fancy stationery! As you said, it has become therapeutic for me and yeah, I have to remind myself that it doesn't need to be aEsTHetIc like others Luv u Jem❤️

I completely understand your point and it's the first time I've seen a video like yours on youtube, so it's nice to see an opinion that's pretty much opposite to what everyone says. Personally, I love bullet journaling -- I used to make my own planners out of blank notebooks before it was even a thing -- not so much for the functionality because I don't have many things to keep track of, and even if I did I would forget to write them down anyway, but because it works as a creative outlet for me. I hardly post pictures online too, I just try to make it pretty to fulfill myself and literally mesh together something functional and my habit of doodling everywhere.

honestly I took up bullet journaling for my ADHD and I really need to go back to it because it did help me out. I already knew I was not going to make anything fancy, it was literally just what the founder used plus a list of songs I wanted to dance to. Don't feel pressured to copy other bullet journalers with beautiful spreads! If it works for you, it's good!

I’m a fine artist ( on the side) so making my bullet journal “ cute” motivates me to actually use it but omg if this wasn’t my profession I can’t imagine dedicating that kind of time

this is the most realistic video I've seen about journaling, I feel more comfortable with writting down how I'm feeling and things that I want to keep or start doing in my life, ir even things I want to cut off my mindset It is healthier to keep it comfortable, if you feel really well doing all these decorations, keep doing them! But don't put pressure on yourself because of these trends

I don’t really like bullet journaling as a planner or tracking tool cause fvck that I can just do that stuff on my Apple calendar and notes app or other apps. It’s much more fun to just make random spreads like movies I want to watch, things I want to buy, pros n cons, goals, random thoughts/ideas etc that I can just do when I feel like journaling rather than having a timeline to have to stick to. Idk it just hits differently and is a creative outlet without pressure, plus you can still make pretty spreads. Honestly can’t imagine having to stick to a monthly or weekly spread and doing like 10 trackers at once 😖 respect to the people who can stick to that

Originally, a bullet journal just had lists. Like that was the point. Lol so anything works! I designed one that I liked to use when I was just starting bc it has a simple layout that you can customize or use as-is.

See that’s the great thing about having options, everyone’s brain works differently. Some people thrive in an environment with a preset structure. Great, here’s a planer with most things already set up, one less thing to worry about. Some people struggle to fit their life in the prearranged squares. Awesome, here’s a blank book with a bunch of dots all over it, go nuts. Find what’s best for your brain

I like watching them, they’re aesthetic but I bought my highlighters to help me organize my notes, lord knows I don’t have time to make a pretty bullet journal. So props to people that do them!

linh thruong literally wrote 2019 instead of 2020 and i messed up the whole year schedule cuz i didnt know how much days february had sweetie, it is totally fine if u dont do it perfectly and i am happy that u dont use it just to be asethetic for ur viewers instead of doing sumthing that works! that is important!

I think there's some phases on bullet journaling: 1. you decide to start and you feel just inspired by others 2. you try to find your own style but you want to be like famous people making bujos. 3. your bujo is not yours anymore and you decorate it but it doesn't really works how it should. 4. you realize that the bullet journal is YOURS and you make in it anything that makes you happy (trackers, drawings, flower stamping, idk lol) And yeah, that's based on my experience tho :)

Well all I know is bullet journal leads me to my stationery obsession lmao hELp

SAMEEEEEEE, using a cute planner is muchhhh more effective for me! honestly my bullet journal made me more inefficient than effective :(

There was a point in time that I’d beat myself up cause I couldn’t draw and make my layouts look fancy. I was always trying to copy what was working for everyone else. I was so unmotivated and left it alone for MONTHS. Once I started two jobs and being more social I needed something to keep track. My layouts now are literally just the monthly calendar and the most simple weekly. That’s all I need and it’s so much easier to keep up with not to mention I use less pages.

I’m so happy I found your video! Because I just told my mom how I want the “cute highlighters” and the cute pens and washi tape for my bullet journal. I didn’t even notice how we all just wanted our books to look like each other’s and didn’t even do it for fun 🥺 thank you for making me realize that!

What I like about my bujos is that you can see when I have been inspired, creative, busy, unmotivated, or straight up not even having the energy to use it. It's a way to look back at your year and the great thing is it can be as minimal or crazy as you want

I am confused how did I get here and who are you

omg just found your channel and subbed. i love the content, authenticity, and editing style. hope to make videos like you someday!

i realize i can’t do bullet journals because i’m too much of a perfectionist. if i write a sentence down and notice its slanted or looks weird, ill redo it until i just stop all together.

My experience is pretty similar! My counselor recommended bullet journaling to me about half a year ago to help with mental health. I loved the idea, and got together all the supplies and tried my best to make it look as good as what I saw online. But it became draining and I ended up abandoning it for a couple of months. Now I’ve better embraced the idea this it’s suppose to be what works best for YOU and keep it pretty minimal, because that’s the type of journaling that makes me happy and productive. Glad to see someone who can relate, great video! :)

As a person who loves and uses an artsy bullet journal I would like to say that a bullet journal doesn't really make u productive but it does make u organised and ur life a bit less hectic

I feel you on an emotional level! I started bujo with a ton of stickers and creativity, but as I go on, i feel this pressure of making it, “look pretty,” takes a lot of time, and honestly, expensive (because of the supplies) and sometimes it hinders me from even making a spread. Now I feel like I’m more into minimal bujo and using a different journal for creativity

I'm really happy you made this vid. i feel a bit more validated because i love this community and i like watching bujo videos but I really never had time or the interest to sit down and spend 2+ hours making spreads. i have two somewhat filled journals from both of my attempts before i finally just accepted that using a regular planner is just better for me. thank you queen 👑

sincerely, thank you so much for this video! girl, I just started my journal last week with the same thoughts that you did and even though I didn't even actually started, the whole idea of creating my own layout its driving me crazy and blocking me from journaling and I thought that it was only me till I see this.. so good to know I'm not the only one

i don't really do bullet journals because i feel that it's too planned and even tho i like planning things i don't like actually having to do it :' so since 5 months ago i've been doing art journal!! i basically just do scraps and write things that is going on in my head. I really like it because you don't have to keep updating it like bullet journal do,but you can just do it whenever you feel like it!! For my tasks,i just use some cheap to do lists:)

Just like you I've always wanted to try out bullet journaling since I got pretty much influenced/inspired by social media. And as much as I wanted to start my own bullet journal, because it was and still is a trend, I realized that I wouldn't even have the time for being creative. It's just that I unconsciously pressured myself to make it look cute and aesthetically pleasing. Nowadays I keep up with my daily tasks by writing them down on my phone since I'm using it most of the day :) it's a simple and easy way for me to remind myself

i like the idea of bullet journaling!!!! i usually never rlly finish any month but i love to use it whenever im starting a new semester!!! it helps to like,,, adapting back to busyness

I have always been terrible at agendas and planners (my memory is just too good 😂) but when I first heard of bujo I loved the idea and I bought 2. One I bought it for my teaching work, it's not so much for my tasks because I'm not used to writing tasks and needing a notebook to reminding me of what I have to do because I do remember it; but what bujo is actually helping me for is to keep all of the information of my classes and students in one place. Before bujo I had like 3 different notebook, note pads, etc and I couldn't find anything, but now I force myself to put it all in my bullet journal and it's been kinda working specially now with online classes. I have been forcing myself to not do any work on weekends so I can "rest", so I use my (still quarantine) weekends to decorate my bullet journal and I love it, it's so therapeutic for me. In January I will begin using the other one as a personal bullet journal. At first I saw a lot of ideas, like trackers and daily tasks but I know me and I know it won't work for me, so I have decided that I will use that one as an scrapbook bullet journal only. I will put whatever it crosses my mind, whatever I want, no rules no nothing. It will be my relaxing therapy for the (hopefully better year) 2021.

I like making my own planner bc I find that the cheap ones at the store aren’t to my liking. But I don’t do any fancy doodle, I only add what I need, which is calendars to keep track of school work and other activities, AND a spending tracker bc I’m in college and I need to be really careful with my money. Habit trackers seem like a good idea but I know I won’t keep up with it. I think bullet journaling can be good if you tailor it to what YOU need. As opposed to what you see on studyblr.

*”Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?”*

I have a love-hate relationship with writing and have never once finished a journal I started... However, Bullet journaling is the method I’ve been the most consistent with ever. For me the habit of bullet journaling was a compounding experience. I spent a year with a lined pocket notebook doing *just* daily logs, then began doing yearly/monthly logs in January of this year. Inspired by Shayda Campbell’s simple black-and-White aesthetic I decided to try a similar approach and primarily used just one pen, with white pens to “artistically” fix big errors. Haven’t worried about drawing or anything of the like, and just focus on short entries every day to log important memories or tasks. I am a huge procrastinator and it’s legitimately helped me be more organized and more timely in getting tasks done. Reading Ryder Carroll’s book helped lower the barrier for entry as well- painting a picture of how simple and fluid the Bujo method is meant to be. He talks about starting with one tool, and building from there. I was finally able to let myself breath and just experiment with different things knowing it didn’t have to be perfect. This comment is a bit jumbled, but if anyone’s been considering BuJo and is a bit deterred because of the video, please let me reassure you that it’s a more useful tool than you think if used properly! Don’t get caught up in the small details, and just experiment with different things. :)

when i first started bullet journaling it was more stressful than anything, since it took a lot of time but i still wasn’t happy with how my journal looked and i could never complete all of my tasks. now, i treat it more like a diary and if i’m not happy with how some pages look, it’s fine. i really love it now, since bullet journaling went from a something stressful i felt pressured to do, to just chilling while writing, doodling and listening to lo-fi

so far in the video i can relate to everything .... i got so burned out from bullet journalling yo , i can feel u fr

1:47 thats the problem with bullet journalling, how many people are actually putting it to good use or just making a nice page for the internet

I was gifted a bullet journal for Christmas and I've really enjoyed it thus far - but that's only happened because I just decided early on that I wasn't going to worry about having a super decorative book. I use it functionally with a bit more of a minimalist aesthetic and it's worked really well. Before, I had notes and tasks and things written in a million different places and could never remember where I'd written anything. For me personally, it's been really nice to have everything centralized in one place. But I also understand that everyone has different preferences and whatnot for staying organized and documenting their days. Different strokes for different folks!

I felt EXACTLY the same way you did. At first, I loved the idea of bujoing. I've always been someone who loves to draw + stay organized so I thought this was IT. I started out with a kpop bujo and incorporated some habit trackers into my ban.do agenda because I knew the daily bujo spreads you most often see would've been too much for me. However, I soon realized that I couldn't even keep up with doing spreads for my kpop bujo + the trackers I had due to my busy schedule. It was fun at first and it gave me a creative outlet but I often found myself stressing over them and would push back on working on it since I didn't have to do it every day. I even tried doing an art journal at the beginning of last year (draw something everyday sort of thing) but it ended up making me feel burnt out and not want to draw. Part of me still wants to get back into it, but it's definitely something I know I personally can't handle. I do applaud the people who can make those weekly spreads and such consistently though! I still do use ban.do agendas for my personal/school needs (I'm on my 3rd one! 10/10 would recommend to a friend~) + make fitness and period trackers though, which is what I CAN handle :) Thank you for sharing your thoughts ❤

I really don't get why people feel so pressured with making their bullet journals pretty?? Do it if you want but if it isn't your thing then why??? I decorate when I have time and I feel creative but I don't and never felt the "pressure" to make it pretty.

If I did bullet journaling, I will do it according to my own wish. If I want to doodle, I will... if I dont, i won't... if it doesn't look cute, it's fine...

I love the little animations and doodles you've been putting in your videos, its so simple yet so creative and visually pleasing lol! :)

I started bullet journalling with the basics alongside some pop of color and simple doodles. As months went on, the themes became elaborate and time consuming to the point where I was spending more time decorating the planner instead of planning and organizing my life with it. It also took away time from my main art and I barely practiced because by the time I was done, I was exhausted. I hated it. This year, I decided to go back to simple b&w spreads and with no doodles at all. So far it's been working. I'm able to do more main art and practice and actually used it to plan. It's also easy to set-up. I ordered a blank journal late to the year and it arrived Jan 2 but I was able to all my yearly spreads and January in one night which is nice.

I think you focused a lot on the spreads and you don’t have to do habit trackers or anything else like that. You can only do the daily logs and you can keep it basic and don’t have to do a lot of fancy things to make a good bullet journal.

My advice after three years of bullet journaling: Keep it simple! No colors, no pictures, no stickers, no lines drawn with a ruler. Don‘t spend too much time on ornaments. Just use it for your thoughts, ideas and tasks. That‘s what it‘s made for.

I actually love keeping track of my tasks electronically. Using good notes on my iPad allows me to not only have an organized to-do list, however, also great notes. All super easy to use and still looking cute and simplistic.

This was honestly a really great video. I've never actually seen your channel before so I had no clue what to expect, but as someone who's repeatedly wholeheartedly /failed/ at bullet journalling multiple times (and mine weren't as neat as yours at the beginning, let alone by the time I accepted I'd abandoned the habit again!), this was a really refreshing take. I'm off to see what your regular content is like, but have subscribed based on this one already.

I love Jem, she perfect 😍

i love bullet journaling, a lot of the time it is really stressful and sometimes i end up skipping months, but now i have three bullet journals from 2017-2019 and it's so much fun looking back on the journal entries i made, my terrible calligraphy, book reviews from books i hated and me defending my bad studying habits being able to look back through a physical book, containing your entire year is the one thing that keeps me inspired to bujo. i wanna be 80 and be able to fondly look back on my youth, the stuff i liked i was obsessed with (twiceeee) etc. with 74 a5 journals lol

I also don’t like to waste time designing a bullet journal. I’ve chosen a regular dated planner which designs is very close to my daily needs. When I need something different, I use some blank space and it works perfectly. I also try to keep it simple, just use black pen and sometimes a highlighter. I feel that helps me to focus in what’s is really important and if I feel in a mood I do some doodling and decor but that isn’t my aim.

I also had that stage of trying to do everything (habit trackers and all that) and making it beautiful. But now, after a year and 4 months of doing it, I know what I like. My bujo has practically 0 doodles or cute lettering, it is much more basic in terms of what I actually write (mostly a little summary of my day and what I need to do). For me, bullet journaling is great. I’ve made it a habit, and I think it helps my life tremendously

The problem with bullet journaling is that it's gone from being its own distinct mix of planning and journaling with a unique bullet system of dividing tasks and notes into types, into just being a personalized planner.

I would recommend the video "What I was doing wrong in my bullet journal" by Rachael Stephen here on YT. She really breaks bullet jounaling to the basics and makes it less of a task. Very informative.

Bullet journaling is just basically for helping u to keep track of things, it doesn’t matter if it need looks cute or not, but if u love doodling it’s ur own opinion to put it down onto ur journal. And for habit tracker etc. it doesn’t mean that u need to fill up every single day, when u skip some day, in my opinion, it’s fine. It just helps u to keep everything organized. I’ve been journaling for almost 2 years, and I’ve been in love with it✨ no hates JOURNALING HELPS U ORGANIZE UR DAY AND KEEP TRACK ON WHAT TO DO, NO NEED TO BE STRESSFUL TO MAKE IT LOOK CUTE AND IF U HAVE NO SKILLZ ON MAKINH IT LOOKS CUTE NO OFFENSE, JUST STOP JOURNALING! Coz for those ppl who love doing it, it’s kinda offensive.

I started out bullet journaling two years ago. I did it for about 6 months and my pages just started getting simpler and simpler until I just stopped picking it up completely. Then I started happy planning and I got tired of lugging my planner and supplies around everywhere. Now I digital plan with the GoodNotes 5 App, I’ve been doing this since September ‘19 and I’m really enjoying it. Very easy and I can do it from my phone or iPad with no problem.

I have a bullet journal, but i use it as a memory/love book that I'm creating for my boyfriend

This was literally me. I just use Google Calendar for uni now

I personally have more of a traditional journal where I simply write about my day, occasionally adding stickers of pictures as slight embellishment, but more so focusing on just writing out my thoughts and feelings about the day. There are sometimes when I get very busy and do not have the time to dedicate to my journal, but I usually use a sticky note to hash out the main parts of that day and then later go back and write it out as if I was recounting that day. Sometimes I would make lists of things I planned on doing, but just going over what I had already done for the day helped me know and remember what I needed to do next.

I totally understand this video. I went to the same phase where I didn’t have enough time to make it aesthetically pleasing. Now I solved the problem by decided to keep it very minimal and pleasing to look at, that way i won’t end up spending a lot of time on making it and still being able to using my personal tailored planning elements such as habit tracker, where regular planners doesn’t Include, instead of buying a planner from a store.

Have you tried reading the bullet journal method?

i really dont know when people started to think bullet journal was something to decorate so much. if you want to draw and play around with colors, a sketchbook will be perfect.

omg this video was so relatable I was so interested in bullet journalling when I started and rather than it being a pratical planner it soon became another sketchbook that I didn't want to fill out. It's so nice to see others feel this way too but yes I still admire people who can balance the pratical and creative into one HAHA

If you are half and half on bullet journaling(you like the idea but you find it’s too much effort to make it like you see pictures of and you struggle to properly fill it out): Try the clever fox weekly planner (£19.99 on amazon). It’s pretty much a bullet journalthat is laid out for you. It has goals pages, vision board spread, a page to do mind maps, and then it has monthly and weekly spreads. It also has plain dotted pages at the best to do whatever on, and the best part is that it’s undated so you don’t have to worry about when you have to fill it in. You do it at your own pace.